5 Colorado Counties Vote Yes on Secession

Eleven Colorado counties voted on Tuesday whether or not they wished their county officials to officially investigate seceding from Colorado.

Ten of the counties were considering forming a new state, to be called Northern Colorado, while the other would've moved towards switching to Wyoming.

The vote failed to pass in Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Sedgwick, Moffat, and Weld counties.

However, it did pass in Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Phillips, Washington, and Yuma.

Those five counties will now actively begin exploring their options and move towards an actual secession vote, to be held in the future.

Any successful secession would have to be approved by the Colorado legislature and the US Congress, making it unlikely that a fifty-first state will come out of this.

The vote does make clear how unhappy with things that those counties are.

6 Police Officers Killed by Suicide Bomber in Iraq

A suicide bomber struck in Baquba, Iraq, on Wednesday.

He drove an oil tanker into a police station and exploded the truck.

Six police officers were killed and dozens injures, in the attack.

That number could go up, as some of the injuries are quite severe.

Witnesses said that the police saw the truck coming and attempted to shoot the driver, but were unsuccessful in stopping him.

No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing.

1 Killed as 7 Bombs Strike Communist Party Building in China

A series of explosions shook Taiyuan, China, on Wednesday.

Seven explosions struck outside of the Communist Party building.

One person was killed and eighty were injured, in the blasts.

Witnesses used cell phones to capture pictures of the smoke emanating from the blast area.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The target more than suggests a political motivation, behind the bombings.

US Army: Sergeant First Class Forrest W. Robertson

Sergeant First Class Forrest W. Robertson, thirty-five of Westmoreland, Kansas, died on November 3.

He was killed in combat in Pul-E-Alam, Afghanistan.

It was his fifth combat deployment.

Robertson was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team out of Fort Stewart, Georgia.

His decorations include: Bronze Star, Purple Heart.

3 Injured in Bus Hijacking Attempt in Norway

Three people were injured when a man attempted to hijack a bus in Norway.

An unidentified man, who police described as a foreigner, attacked the driver and two passengers with a knife.

Firefighters, who had been called to the scene for an accident, overpowered the man.

The incident happened near the town of Ardal.

Birmingham Airport Evacuated by Bomb Threat

Birmingham International Airport, in Alabama, was evacuated on Sunday afternoon.

An employee found a bomb threat in a bathroom.

Police evacuated the terminal while bomb sniffing dogs swept through.

No explosives were found, anywhere in the airport, and it was reopened.

A dozen flights were delayed from taking off, while a dozen incoming flights were diverted to Huntsville.

Hamas Captures Drone From Israel

An Israeli drone crashed into the Gaza Strip, on Sunday.

Hamas was able to capture the crashed surveillance aircraft.

Israeli officials said that the drone malfunctioned and control was lost.

The drones are designed to prevent unauthorized personnel from gaining their intel, and the IDF is not worried about Hamas cracking their safeguards.

Ferry Accident Kills 6 in Thailand

Six people were killed in a ferry accident in Thailand, on Sunday evening.

The ferry began sinking off the coast, near Pattaya.

Fifteen people were critically injured and twenty are missing.

Two hundred and twenty-nine people were aboard the ferry, which is only meant for one hundred and fifty.

Most of those aboard were tourists.

Authorities confirmed that two of the dead were Russian.

Cuba Bans Private Movie Theaters

On Saturday, Cuba announced that privately run movie theaters will be shut down.

The government says that such establishments were never authorized and are illegal.

Businesses which have rooms for playing video games will also be closed.

This move comes after the government had been seen as increasingly relaxed on private businesses.

Many see it as a warning sign that the government may try to regain control of other areas of life, as well.

Snowden Leaks Show Europe Spies on Each Other

Another batch of Snowden leaks were released on Saturday.

This batch shows that Western European nations are spying on each other and the US.

France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the UK are each shown to be running spy programs quite similar to that of the US.

These leaks hurt France and Germany the most, as they had been the most vocal in complaining about previous Snowden leaks that detailed US spy programs.

Meanwhile, Snowden is asking the US to stop calling him a traitor.

He also asked for a pardon, saying that his actions were not that of a traitor, but a patriot.